There are no orange construction barrels, but you can see that we have a different “look” as the Falcone Festival website undergoes a complete upgrade. The site is now responsive and you should still be able to find what you are looking for under the menu items, which have not been changed. We are working to make sure everything is still operating properly, with some design changes, and ultimately some upgraded functionality coming, but we may be unavailable off and on until roughly mid-January. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have an urgent question, email Jane Goodrich or send a question to the falcone.festival on Facebook.

Fritz Stansell

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Fritz Stansell, founder and president emeritus of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Fritz Stansell was also one of the original founders of the Falcone Festival and had an incredible impact on the music world. Our most sincere condolences to the Stansell family and BLFAC community during these difficult times.

Blue Lake’s founder and president emeritus, Fritz Stansell, has passed away at the age of 92. He leaves a legacy that will forever inspire our mission and vision. Thank you, Mr. Stansell. Ars longa, vita brevis. You can read his obituary here.

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University Archives & Historical Collections of Michigan State University document more than 150 years of MSU history. In addition, the collections also contain historical materials not related to MSU.

The papers of the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival are collected in the MSU Archives. A Table of Contents for the papers and other information can be found via this link to the Falcone Festival papers in the MSU Archives.

The Festival collection at the MSU Archives includes photographs, programs, organizational records, and audio and video recordings. It will continue to grow as the Festival continues to donate more records in the coming years.

Information about Dr. Leonard Falcone's papers can be found here.

Historical Information

The material in this section is historical information related to the competition as well as festival aspects of the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. For more details about the beginnings of the Festival, please go to About Us/Early History and the video.

Festival papers are archived in the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Collection in the Michigan State University Archives. A Table of Contents for the papers and other information can be found via this link to the archives.

In all cases, if a reader finds anything published that is incorrect or has missing information, please contact Jane Goodrich.

Since 2004, the Festival has been awarding medallions to the first (gold), second (silver), and third (bronze) prize winners in the Festival competition in addition to the monetary awards. The list of all competition medalists can be found under History/Previous Winners.

In 2004, the Festival also began to give out special medallions to certain other recipients. Gold Medallions (see list here) have been awarded to guest artist/s and composers of our commissioned works (if they are attending the Festival). During our 25th Festival year, special Silver Medallions (see list here) were awarded to recognize and honor Board members and long-serving volunteers.

In some years, medallions were awarded to additional special recipients. Profiles of special medallion recipients can be found here.

2008 Dr. Earle Louder
2017 John Leipprandt
2020 Dr. Jason Smith
2021 Jane Goodrich
2023 Susan M. Topping

Grateful thanks go to our anonymous donor for underwriting the annual cost of the medallions!

An annual history of both preliminary and festival semi-final and final round adjudicators can be downloaded as pdf files.

• Download list of preliminary round adjudicators here.

• Download list of Festival semi-final and final round adjudicators here.

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